Hayley Green Wood

Type| Local Nature Reserve
Location| Bracknell, Berkshire
OS grid| SU 889 708
Area| 2.0 hectares (4.9 acres)
Managed by| Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Hayley Green Wood is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Bracknell in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.[1][2]

## Geography and site

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This site is mainly on London clay and habitats include mixed deciduous woodland with ash, willow and silver birch trees.[1] The reserve also includes a pond.[3]

## History

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Hayley Green Wood was once a part of Warfield Park, an extensive estate which was owned by Colonel John Walsh in 1766.[4] In 2002 2002 Hayley Green Wood was incorporated into Westmorland Park.[5]

In 2003 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.[1]

## Fauna

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The site has the following fauna:[1][5]

### Amphibians and Reptiles

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* Grass snake

### Birds

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* Eurasian bullfinch

## Flora

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The site has the following flora:[1][5][6]

### Trees

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* Fraxinus
* Betula pendula

### Plants

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* Leucanthemum vulgare
* Prunella vulgaris
* Digitalis
* Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hayley Green Wood.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Hayley Green Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
2. ^ "Map of Hayley Green Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
3. ^ "Trees doing well at Hayley Green Wood | Warfield Environment Group". Warfieldenvgroup.wordpress.com. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
4. ^ "Westmorland Park: Parks to visit - Bracknell Forest Council". Bracknell-forest.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
5. ^ a b c "Westmorland Park" (PDF). Bracknell-forest.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
6. ^ "Hayley Green Wood". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

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Local nature reserves in Berkshire

Bracknell Forest|

* Ambarrow Court
* Edgbarrow Woods
* Englemere Pond
* Farley Copse
* Hayley Green Wood
* Jock's Copse
* Piggy Wood
* Temple Copse
* Tinkers Copse
* Whitegrove Copse

Reading|

* Blundells Copse
* Clayfield Copse
* Lousehill Copse
* McIlroy Park
* Round Copse

Slough|

* Cocksherd Wood
* Haymill Valley
* Herschel Park

West Berkshire|

* Hosehill Lake
* Padworth Common
* Thatcham Reed Beds

Windsor and Maidenhead|

* Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve
* Bisham Woods
* Bradnam Wood
* Braywick Park
* Carpenter's Wood
* The Gullet
* Ockwells Park
* Park Wood and Goulding's Wood
* Sutherland Grange

Wokingham|

* Alder Moors
* Ali's Pond
* Heath Lake
* Highwood
* Holt Copse & Joel Park
* Lavells Lake
* Longmoor Bog
* Maiden Erlegh Lakes
* The Marshes
* Pearman's Copse
* Swallowfield Meadow

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